Targeted in Sandalwood drugs case for being a woman: Actress Ragini

Almost six months after she was freed on bail in the ‘Sandalwood’ drugs case, Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi on Wednesday mentioned that she strongly feels that she was focused as a result of she is a lady. After participating in a blood donation and vaccination camp for the transgender neighborhood right here, Ragini broke her silence for the primary time in public discussion board, stating that it was simple for folks to model her and goal her throughout her worst section of life when she was caught in the drug case, linked to the Kannada movie trade.

“Women are, in general, an easy target in our society. Not only in my case, it happens with all women and it gets even more amplified when a woman happens to be a successful woman… it’s even worse,” she mentioned.

She mentioned why ought to she single out anybody like Prashant Sambargi, as everybody tried their finest to focus on her by working their very own hashtag campaigns on social media websites.

“In any case when I don’t know them, why should I bother about what they write or speak about me?” she mentioned.

The actress added that she was truly greater than blessed as those that knew her didn't desert her however s tood agency together with her.

“People still love me for my work. I have fans who constantly motivate me to do better work and forget bad phase of my life,” she mentioned in response to a query.

Following the Narcotics Control Bureau’s seizure of drugs in August 2020, Kannada movie director Indrajit Lankesh claimed to have data on a number of movie personalities who ceaselessly used drugs at events. On August 31, the Central Crime Branch police questioned him for virtually 5 hours and appealed to share no matter particulars they will to help the police in its battle towards the drug menace. Lankesh claimed he had shared 15 names from the trade in addition to some supporting paperwork.

Based on these inputs, on September 4, 2020, Ragini was picked up from her flat in Yelahanka after she had failed to look earlier than the CCB. After this one other actress, Sanjjanaa Galrani, was additionally arrested on September 5, 2020, therefore, this case got here to be often called the Sandalwood drugs case.

After interrogating greater than 180 witnesses, the CCB filed a mammoth 2,400 web page cost sheet towards 25 individuals, together with Ragini and Sanjjanaa, in March this 12 months.